The funeral will be held tonight at 7 in the chapel of Edwards Funeral Home in Kinston. The Reverends Jimmy Sowers and Eldon Brock will officiate. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at Westview Cemetery in Kinston.

The family will receive friends at Edwards Funeral Home following the service tonight, and at other times at the home of Richard and Dorothy Tucker 202 Darden Drive Kinston.

Flowers are welcome, or memorial contributions may be made to Pilgrim Home Free Will Baptist Church, c/o Judy Burkett, 828 Neuse Road Kinston, N.C., 28501.